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The Bijoya Sammilani was organized on 22nd October 2005 at 6 pm at the Calcutta Club. Around 250 alumni and their family members joined the function and enjoyed the High Tea. The function, anchored by Shri Bivas Chaudhuri and Smt. Urmi Chatterji, included a Sitar recital by Smt. Mita Nag, and Rabindra-sangeet by Smt. Rajasree Bhattacharya, both alumni of our college, and, of course an adda session. Radio Mirchi was the Radio Partner of the event. The function got good publicity in the newspapers and Radio Mirchi.

During 25-27 November, 2005 an excursional trip to Santiniketan was conducted to stage a research-based programme on Baul & Rabindranath, entitled Moner Manush, in collaboration with Visva-Bharati ashramites and our friends at Santiniketan. Shri Nityapriya Ghosh, our alumnus, composed the script. The function was held on 26 th November 2005 at the House of our alumnus Shri Anindya Mitra at Santiniketan. The recitations were performed by Smt. Shanta Sen, Smt. Sahana Sen and Shri Avik Ghosh, all our alumni; Rabindra-sangeet by Smt. Swastika Mukhopadhyay and Shri Sandip Sen of Visva Bharati and baul songs by Shri Debdas and Shri Lakhandas of Bolpur. Shri Dilip Roy of Santiniketan (the grandson of Late Rajanikanto Sen) also performed in the function. Our alumni and their family members from Kolkata and Santiniketan and important personalities of Santiniketan attended the programme. Shri Anindya Mitra and his wife Smt. Nandini Mitra hosted a dinner for all. The function was first of its kind and was covered by Doordarshan and two other TV channels. Doordarshan telecast the programme on 10th December 2005 and 11th December 2005. Visva Bharati authorities helped us in reserving accommodation at their guesthouses.

Film Show and Panel Discussion: A panel discussion titled- "How far the films of Bengal have attained the international standard in terms of sheer aesthetics and not in terms of the Awards they bagged" was organized on 11th  December 2005 (Sunday) at 5 pm at Nandan-II. It was followed by a show of the film Mr. & Mrs. lyer (Dir.: Aparna Sen). The discussants were Shri Shankarlal Bhattacharaya, Shri Samik Bandopadhyay, Sm. Aloknanda Ray and Sm. Aparna Sen, all our alumni. The event was anchored by Sm. Shanta Sen and Sm. Sahana Sen. The event received a good amount of media attention.

Udayan Mukherjee Memorial Debate: On 16 December 2005, Udayan Mukherjee Memorial Debate Competition (Past vs Present Students) was held, in collaboration with the Presidency College Debating Society, at Bankim Sabhagriha, Presidency College, Kolkata. Shri Parthasarathi Sengupta, our alumnus, endowed Rs. 1,00,0001.00 to the college to create this annual debate competition in memory of our alumnus Late Udayan Mukherjee. The topic of the debate was: In the opinion of the house: Indian judiciary is developing a habit of overstepping its jurisdiction. Shri Asit Ranjan Bandopadhyay, IAS (Retd.), former Director, National Library, Kolkata; Prof. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay, former Principal, Presidency College, Kolkata; Shri Jawhar Sircar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal and Shri Subrata Talukdar, Advocate, Calcutta High Court represented the team-alumni who spoke against the motion. The present students' team consisted of Shri Milinda Banerji, Shri Subhadip Chakrabarti, Sm. Surma Guha and Shri Dibyadyuti Ray. The Judges were Justice Chittotosh Mookherjee, former Chief Justice, Bombay High Court; Shri Rathin Sengupta, IAS (Retd.), former Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal and Prof. Jashodhara Bagchi, Chairperson, Women's Commission, West Bengal. Prof. Prasanta Roy acted as the Moderator. The present students' team won the debate.

Past Vs Present Cricket Match: The Annual Cricket Match between the past and the present students was held at the College ground on 14th January 2006. The present students won the match. 

Founders' Day celebration and Re-union Tea: The Founders' Day of the college and Reunion for the year 2006 were celebrated on 20th  January 2006. Shri Subir Raha, Chairman and MD, ONGC, was the President and Prof. Tapan Raychaudhuri, eminent Historian, acted as the Chief Guest. Alumni A colourful cultural programme was organized by the past and present students.

 

 

On 22nd January 2006 a grand steamer party was organized on the Hoogly river. The alumni, their family members and friends thoroughly enjoyed through various cultural performances and by ruminating past memories. The boat left Babughat at 9:30 am and returned at 5 pm after touring southwards.

 

The eminent historian Prof. Tapan Raychaudhuri, an alumnus of our college, was felicitated on his completing 80 years of age. Prof. Raychaudhuri, presently at Oxford, remains a close associate of the Association and happens to be the current Editor-in-Chief of the Autumn Annual. Several eminent alumni, like Dr. Pratap Chandra Chunder, Prof. Rajat Kanto Ray, Shri Parthasarathi Sengupta, Prof. Supriya Chaudhuri, Shri Suranjan Das and Shri Jawhar Sircar spoke on this occasion. Dr. Jyortirmoy Pal Chaudhuri anchored the programme. A silver plaque engraved with a special message and an 'uttorio' were given to him on this occasion.

 

Annual Cultural Programme: On 9th April 2006, to commemorate the 55th Foundation Day of the Alumni Association, a cultural night was organized at a fully packed Sisir Mancha. The programme consisted of a flute recital by Shri Dilip Naha, presently Head of the Department of Bengali, Presidency College and a research-based collage scripted by Shri Nityapriya Ghosh, entitled Sami-r Prithivi. The participants were as follows: recitation by Shri Bivas Chakrabarty, Smt. Alaknanda Ray, Shri Abhijit Mukhopadhyay, Shri Parthasarathi Roychoudhury and Smt. Sahana Sen; songs were delivered by Srn. Chitralekha Choudhury, Smt. Rajasree Bhattacharya, Shri Prabuddha Raha, Smt. Suchhanda Ghosh, Smt. Shanta Sen, Shri Subir Mukhopadhyay, Smt. Basabi Bandyopadhyay, Shri Tathagata Chakrabarty, Shri Ranjan Kumar Ray, Smt. Ranjini Lahiri, Smt. Semanti Ghosh and Shri Samantak Ghosh; the dancers included Smt. Arupa Lahiri, Smt. Nabaneeta Ghosh, Shri Partha Sharma, Shri Parantap Sarkar, Smt. Prakriti Guha and Smt. Moubani Pal. The entire programme was coordinated by Smt. Shanta Sen.

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